by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 663rd most popular major in the country with 360 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general polymer amd plastics engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general polymer amd plastics engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Pennsylvania College of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 53 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMass Lowell General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Stout is a medium-sized public school situated in Menomonie, Wisconsin. It awarded 12 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Stout
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major list. This fairly large school is located in Bellingham, Washington, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Western Washington University General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s polymer engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Southern Miss
Case Western Reserve University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #6. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus
Auburn University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major ranking. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Auburn University
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